Why Rwanda?

People ask, and some don't ask...but many will be wondering, why Rwanda?

The truth is, there is not one single reason, except to say that we are basically two people who make decisions based on what "feels right" in the moment.

In the fall, Scott had an opportunity to meet a fellow from Rwanda, Seleman. Previous to this face-to-face meeting, Scott and Seleman had already been working together on awareness building and fundraising for Seleman's schools. An x-child soldier, who, post war gained his education and grew up to open 3 trades schools for orphaned Rwandan children, Seleman was brought to the west coast of BC as a guest at the Dalai Lama Peace Conference in Vancouver. Seleman stayed here with us for a couple weeks, shadowing our lives and sharing his stories with us and students at local schools.

We were sitting together one evening in our living room, and we can't remember who said it out loud first, but there was one of those moments where we both knew that we would adopt from Rwanda because it just felt right.

We have been together for nearly 13 years, always knowing that we would begin a family. We had discussed adoption casually, and knew that would be a good fit for us.

I guess the answer to the question is just a bit of the right timing, the right faith, and the right moment. And we'll take it from here.